Ecological Restoration in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Art of Dynamic Competence: Creating Success in Changing Times

This episode explores dynamic competence through ecological restoration. Scientists have clearly documented how the environment is always changing, eroding, reshaping and reforming itself. When humans show up, this rate of change is often accelerated, sometimes faster than living organisms can adapt. This is the core challenge of the climate change that we are currently facing. How we cope with these accelerated changes determines whether we have a resilient, diverse ecosystem supporting us or something that is stressed and chaotic. As you can guess, effectively working in the field of ecological restoration calls up the best of our dynamic competence skills. Today, Michael Hogan will join us to talk about his 40+ years of work in the beautiful Lake Tahoe Region as well as the Eastern Sierra Region of California. In this podcast we will explore the dynamic competence skills he has deployed in his projects. I think you will find them quite applicable to any thorny situation you find yourself in. Thomas May will also join us for a brief summary at the end. For more information about Michael and the team at Integrated Environmental Restoration Services, IERS, see http://www.ierstahoe.com/